Criminal Code Act 1983

(a) the person is one of 12 or more people who are riotously assembled; and

(b) a police officer orally orders those people to disperse immediately; and

(i) fails to comply with the order as soon as the circumstances permit; and

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 14 years.

(b) the conduct results in the prevention of a police officer from orally ordering the immediate dispersal of 12 or more people who are riotously assembled; and

(i) the person engages in the conduct intending or knowing that it involves a violent act and has the result mentioned in paragraph (b);

(ii) the person is reckless as to whether the conduct involves a violent act and has that result.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 14 years.

(a) the person is one of 12 or more people who are riotously assembled; and

(b) a police officer is prevented from orally ordering the immediate dispersal of those people; and

(c) the person, knowing about the prevention of the making of the oral order, continues to assemble with people riotously.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 14 years.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 14 years.

(5) To avoid doubt, an offence against subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4), may be committed in private or public places.

conduct that involves a violent act includes:

(a) conduct capable of causing injury to a person or damage to property (whether or not it actually causes such injury or damage); and